Эксмо Отдел деликатных расследований Макколл-Смит Александр

Отдел деликатных расследований известен тем, что берет на себя самые странные дела. Ульф Варг, настоящий лидер и лучший детектив отдела, всегда готов к расследованию, каким бы сложным оно ни было. Поэтому, когда к Ульфу приходит девушка популярного писателя Нильма Седерстрема, которая уверена, что его шантажируют, Ульф полон решимости помочь. Хотя непросто понять какие скелеты скрываются в шкафу талантливого плохиша. Дело требует полнейшей сосредоточенности, но Ульф понимает, что его отвлекает сомнительная политическая карьера брата, а также его собственное растущее влечение к своей замужней коллеге Анне. Вдобавок Ульфу еще и поручено разыскать группу торговцев, нелегально экспортирующих волков... Отделу деликатных расследований опять некогда скучать!

Респектабельный Эдинбург... Здесь ведут тихую и размеренную жизнь: за ланчем решают кроссворды и этические проблемы, вечерами посещают концерты и вернисажи, по воскресеньям проводят заседания философского клуба. Здесь живут истинные леди, которые на досуге готовят итальянский омлет с лисичками • Но за величавыми фасадами Эдинбурга творятся темные дела, ведь человеческим порокам несть числа. А для Изабеллы Дэлхаузи, редактора журнала "Прикладная этика", очень важна нравственная сторона жизни, о добре и зле она знает практически все. Вероятно, именно поэтому она нередко оказывается в центре трагических событий. Однажды после концерта в Ашер-Холле на ее глазах с галерки падает юноша. Инстинкт подсказывает Изабелле, что он стал жертвой тщательно спланированного убийства

An irresistible bind-up edition of two infectiously entertaining adventure mysteries, Spaghetti Tangle and Teacher Trouble, from the bestselling author of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Alexander McCall Smith, and with amazing illustrations by Kate Hindley throughout • Spaghetti Tangle • John and Nicky would give anything in the world for a bowl of chips or a piece of chocolate cake, but they live with their strange aunty and she won't let them eat anything that's not raw! One day they sneek out and slurp down a plate piled high with spaghetti. Now they want more ... Lucky for them, there's a competition to visit the spaghetti factory and eat as much as you like. What will aunty say? • Teacher Trouble • It's Jenny's first day at a new school and she looks very grown-up – her mum has made sure of it

In the latest entertaining and hilarious Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld novel, our hopelessly out-of-touch hero is forced to confront uppity librarians, the rector of the university and a possible hostile takeover, all while trying to remain studiously above it all • Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the University of Regensburg's Institute of Romance Philology pride themselves on their unwavering commitment to intellectual excellence. They know it is their job to protect a certain civilized approach to the scholarly arts. So when a new deputy librarian, Dr. Hilda Schreiber-Ziegler, threatens to drag them all down a path of progressive inclusivity, they are determined to stop her in the name of scholarship - even if that requires von Igelfeld to make the noble sacrifice of running for director of the Institute

Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is... well, perhaps a bit more challenging - particularly when it comes to her feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her niece, Cat. Jamie's handsomeness leaves Isabel feeling distinctly uneasy, and ethically disturbed. 'I am a philosopher', she thinks, 'but I am also a woman'. And more disturbance is in store. When Cat takes a break in Italy, Isabel agrees to run her delicatessen. One of the customers, she discovers, has recently had a heart transplant and is now being plagued by memories that cannot be rationally explained and which he feels do not belong to him

The third novel in Alexander McCall Smith's irresistibly charming series about the residents of 44 Scotland Street • Love Over Scotland is the third in this series and revolves around the many colourful characters that come and go at No. 44 Scotland Street. McCall Smith handles the characters with his customary charm and deftness: the stalwart Tory chartered surveyor, the pushy mother and, most importantly in this novel, the Italian-speaking prodigy, Bertie

When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative. While there may be no cars available there is something else on offer: a bulldozer • With little choice in the matter, Paul accepts and so begins a series of laugh out loud adventures through the Italian countryside, following in the wake of Paul and his Italian Bulldozer. A story of unexpected circumstance and lesson in making the best of what you have, My Italian Bulldozer is a warm holiday read guaranteed to put a smile on your face

The one with the woman who lost her past • Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi's friendship is tested by a curious case: a client who left Botswana thirty years ago and remembers little of her past. The quest for the truth takes the detectives in very different directions - but what if they are both wrong? Meanwhile, Fanwell adopts a stray dog, Mr Polopetsi becomes entangled in a tricky business deal and Violet Sephotho could be running for a prestigious award. Can Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi move beyond their differing views to solve the case and bring harmony to the agency?

Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the middle-east, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst evils of cartoons, movies and Irn Bru, and her wrath falls upon her unfortunate husband, Stuart. Meanwhile, Bruce has fallen in love with someone other than himself; Big Lou wants to adopt her beloved Finlay; Matthew and Elspeth host the Duke of Johannesburg for supper and Bertie decides he wants to move out of Scotland Street altogether and live with his grandmother, Nicola • Can Irene and Stuart's marriage survive? Will Bruce's newfound love last? And will Bertie really leave Scotland Street? Find out in the next instalment of this charming, beloved series

Clover has loved James for as long as she can remember, since before she knew what what love was. But fate seems determined to keep them apart • As children, Clover and James played beside a turquoise sea under cloudless skies, their Caribbean island home a place of pleasure and privilege, of lush lawns and tennis parties. In such a paradise nothing should obstruct the kind of happiness Clover dreams of, except that, as she discovers, true love is often harder than paradise allows for. And when Clover's mother falls out of love with her husband, a web of complications is woven that may take Clover a lifetime to unravel. If she ever can • Tender and true, The Forever Girl traces love's unpredictable path to maturity with style, wit and feeling